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Definitions for Streak

[1] a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
[2] a portion or layer of something, distinguished by color or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum: streaks of fat in meat.
[3] a vein, strain, or admixture of anything: a streak of humor.
[4] Informal . a spell or run: a streak of good luck. an uninterrupted series: The team had a losing streak of ten games.
[5] a flash leaving a visible line or aftereffect, as of lightning; bolt.
[6] Mineralogy . the line of powder obtained by scratching a mineral or rubbing it upon a hard, rough white surface, often differing in color from the mineral in the mass, and serving as an important distinguishing character.
[7] Plant Pathology . an elongated, narrow, superficial lesion on stems or leaf veins, becoming brown and necrotic. any disease characterized by such lesions.
[8] to mark with a streak or streaks; form streaks on: sunlight streaking the water with gold; frost streaking the windows.
[9] to lighten or color (strands of hair) for contrastive effect.
[10] to dispose, arrange, smear, spread, etc., in the form of a streak or streaks: to streak cold germs on a slide for microscopic study.
[11] to become streaked.
[12] to run, go, or work rapidly.
[13] to flash, as lightning.
[14] to make a sudden dash in public while naked, especially as a prank.
[15] blue streak . blue streak.
[16] a long thin mark, stripe, or trace of some contrasting colour
[17] (of lightning) a sudden flash (as modifier ) streak lightning
[18] an element or trace, as of some quality or characteristic
[19] a strip, vein, or layer fatty streaks
[20] a short stretch or run, esp of good or bad luck
[21] mineralogy the powdery mark made by a mineral when rubbed on a hard or rough surface: its colour is an important distinguishing characteristic
[22] bacteriol the inoculation of a solid culture medium by drawing a wire contaminated with the microorganisms across it
[23] informal an act or the practice of running naked through a public place
[24] (tr) to mark or daub with a streak or streaks
[25] (intr) to form streaks or become streaked
[26] (intr) to move rapidly in a straight line
[27] (intr) informal to run naked through a crowd of people in a public place in order to shock or amuse them
[28] a variant spelling of strake (def. 2)

Words related to Streak

smear, layer, stream, dash, strain, stroke, strip, touch, ray, ridge, hint, suspicion, slash, shade, trace, beam, stripe, intimation, bar, band

Words nearby Streak

strawy, stray, strayhorn, strays, strayve, streak, streak culture, streak plate, streaking, streaky, stream

Origin of Streak

before 1000; (noun) Middle English streke, akin to strike, Old English strica stroke, line, mark; cognate with German Strich, Gothic striks stroke, Latin strigil strigil; (v.) late Middle English streken to cross out, derivative of the noun (akin to strike, stroke1)

Other words from Streak

streaked·ly [streekt -lee, stree -kid-lee] /ˈstrikt li, ˈstri kɪd li/ , adverb
streaked·ness , noun
streak·er , noun
streak·like , adjective
in·ter·streak , verb (used with object)
un·streaked , adjective

Word origin for Streak

Old English strica, related to Old Frisian strike, Old High German strih, Norwegian, Swedish strika

Synonyms for Streak

band, bar, beam, dash, element, hint, intimation, layer, ray, ridge, rule, shade, slash, smear, strain, stream, strip, stripe, stroke, suggestion, suspicion, touch, trace